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“How’s Bree?”
“She’s okay. She’s spending time with your mom and dad. You’re okay, Blythe. Take some time for yourself. She’ll be fine.”
Blythe went back inside without calling home. No one had called or texted, and if they’d needed her, someone would’ve. Renie was right, she’d take some time for herself and not feel guilty about it.
“Everything okay?”
“I’m not sure. But…nobody needs me. So…”
“Wrong. I need you. Come over here, Blythe.”
Tucker was stretched out on the bed. The same bed they’d barely gotten out of since they got to the room last night.
“Wanna go for a walk or something?” she asked.
“Nope.”
“You wanna stay in bed all day?”
“Yep.”
Who was she to argue? Blythe took off the robe she’d found on the back of the bathroom door, and stretched out on the bed next to him.
10
“We should talk, Blythe.”
She didn’t want to talk. She’d done nothing but talk and listen for the last week. What was wrong with feeling? The last few hours with Tucker had been all about feeling. She buried her head under a pillow.
“I take it you don’t want to talk.”
She threw the pillow on the floor. “Why do we have to talk?” she pouted. Whenever someone said they needed to talk, it usually meant they had something to tell her that she didn’t want to hear. Otherwise, they just talked. They didn’t announce the need for it.
Tucker smiled. Even if he didn’t know, he’d be able to guess that Blythe was the baby of the family, and her daddy’s little girl. She was a lot like her dad, so it made sense.
“It’s time for me to go back to Aspen.”
Blythe didn’t put her head back under the pillow, but she didn’t say anything either. She got up, went into the bathroom, and closed the door. When she came back out, she was dressed.
“Can you take me home now?”
“No.”
“You’re refusing?” She went to pick her phone up from the nightstand, but he grabbed it first.
“I told you I wanted to talk. Let’s talk first, and then I’ll take you home.”
“I want to go home.”
“Why?”
She sat down on the end of the bed, with her back to him.
“I don’t understand why you’re getting upset about something as simple as me saying we should talk.”
“Why did you leave on Thanksgiving?”
“It’s a long story.”
